50-73-209. Procedure when operator fails to furnish or update map. When the operator of a mine neglects or refuses or fails to respond to the department's request for a copy of a map or an updated map for any cause considered unsatisfactory by the department, the department may make or cause to be made an accurate map or plan of the mine at the expense of the owner or lessee, and the cost may be recovered from the owner, lessee, or operator in the same manner as other debts by suit in the name of the state.
History: En. Sec. 42, Ch. 120, L. 1911; re-en. Sec. 3484, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3484, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 185, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 267, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 50-433(part); amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 613, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 51, L. 2019.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 73. Safety in Coal Mines
Part 2. Maps, Surveys, and Boundary Lines
50-73-201. Operator to make map of coal mine
50-73-203. Map of underground working
50-73-205. Copies of maps for department
50-73-206. Maps to be updated on basis of semiannual surveys
50-73-207. Annual surveys in mines having only five people on shift
50-73-208. Final survey and map update when mine abandoned or worked out
50-73-209. Procedure when operator fails to furnish or update map